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loull Like Covington 





Suspension Bridge connecting Covington, Ky. 
and Cincinnati, Ohio 



You'll LiKe Covington 



Mr. Manufacturer: 

Covington offers you, among other advantages, exemption'] 
from taxation on raw materials for five years; factory sites 
with shipping facilities at 40 to 60 cents per square foot; an 
abundance of skilled and unskilled labor; soft, pure water at 
7K cents per hundred cubic gallons; natural gas at 15 cents per 
thousand cubic feet; steam coal at $1.75 to $2.00 per ton; 
electricity at 6 cents per k.w. hours; good railroad facilities, 
especially so to the new coal and iron district of the South; 
direct railroad to Panama Canal Ports; miles of river front, 
with nine-foot stage all year 'round; eleven stro^ig banks and 
trust companies, with a national reputation for stability plus 
progressiveness; no Covington Bank, national or state, lias 
ever been forced to close its doors. The great West Virginia 
and southern coal, iron and timber fields, which are right at 
our doors; a market of over ten millions of people within 
second day delivery shipping radius. 

Mr. Citizen: 

Covington offers you a good home at moderate cost; 26 
solid, substantial Building and Loan Associations and 5 Savings 
, Banks and Trust Companies who will aid you to finance the 
building of your home. Splendid schools, public and parochial; 
low tax rate; good street car service; stores and markets 
whose prices are proverbially low; magnificent public library; 
churches of all denominations; healthful climate; cheap fuel, 
both coal and natural gas; over 550 acres of public parks and 
playgrounds; clean, orderly theaters and amusement resorts; 
the best and purest of water; hospitable neighbors. 

Mr. Manufacturer, Mr. Citizen, you'll like Covington. 



We'll be glad to give you further information or answer 
any question regarding our city. 

INDUSTRIAL CLUB OF COVINGTON, KY. 



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COVINGTON 
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The Stewart Iron Works Co. 

CINCINNATI, OHIO 

Main Office and Factory Located in Covington, Ky. 



MANUFACTirREKS OK 




JAILS J- PRISONS ^ STEEL CELLS ^ LOCK-UPS 
LAWN FUKMTURE, Etc. 







Main Office and Factory 



Largest Manufacturers of Iron Fence in the World 




WARBHOtlSKS 



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THE MOESCHL-EDWARDS CORRUGATING GO. 

Eighth to Ninth Streets, C. & O. and L. & N. Railroads 



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Eaves Trou;j:h, Conductor Pipe and 
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Boiler Shop Looking North in Central Bay. 

The Houston, Stanwood & Gamble Co. 

Engines — Throttling, Automatic and Four Valve. 
Boilers — Horizontal, Tubular and Portable; Feed Water Heaters. 



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Old Maid Whiskey — Bourbon and Rye 




Philipp Jung Brewing Company 

Successor to "BRENNER" 

Brewers of Fine Lager and Bottled Beers 







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PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, COVINGTON, KY. 




HICKEY'S SHOE STORE 
THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES 



MADISON AVENUE, 



COVINGTON 




CARNEGIE LIBRARY, COVINGTON, KY. 




THE DAN COHEN COMPANY 
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HIGHLAND CEMETERY 




B. H. Thoman. President E. L. Pi eck, Vice-President F. H. Hugenberg, Sec'y & Treas. 

The People's Savings Bank and Trust Company 

Inc. Capital, |i5o,ooo.oo Surplus and Undivided Profits, $26,065.18 




Central Savings Bank and '1' k i- s t Company 
Capital Stock, $60,000.00 

A. J. Craig. Vice-President F. J. Hermes. ee'y-Treasurer 



John H. Sohulte. President 




The First National Bank 

Covington, Kentuckv 
Capital, ^600,000 J- United States Depository J- Surplus, ;?i2o,ooo 

Established 1865 

E. S. LEE. President R. C. STEWART. Vice-Prepident BEN. A. ADAMS. Vice-President 

B. BRAMLAGE. Cashier J. B. THEISSEN. Ass't Cashier H. T. REINKE, Ass't Cashier 







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TKe German National BanK 

OF COVINGTON, KY. Organized 1871 

JAMES C. ERNST, Pres. T. S. HAMILTON, V.-Pres. GEO. E. ENGEL, V.-Pres. H. P. COLVILLE, Cashier 

Capital StocK, $350,000 OO Surplus Fund, $100,000 OO 

Depository of the Uni'.ed States and County of Kenton 




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Mian's and Boys' Outfitters 




Covington, Ky. Newport, Ky. 



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'^XHK COPPIN BUILDINO" 
Home of T^tie Industrial Club 




Northern KeutucUy's Greatest 
Oepartnient Store and Office Ruildinj 




LOUIS MARX & BROS 

Home Outfitters 

516, 518, 520 and 522 Madison Avenue 
COVINGTON, KY. 




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THE MOSER BROS. CO., Inc. 

(hie of t/ie /.ari^csf hidependoil 'J i/i Tobacco 7'ai^ Maniifactui < 
in the Co lint TV 




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Phosnix Manufacturing Go., Qovin^ton, Ky, 

The Factory where That GOOD FURNITURE is Made None Better! 

Parlor, Library and Work Tables, Music Cabinets, House Desks, China Cases 




VeitK &, Z^weigart — Building Lumber 

S. W. Corner Madison and C.rand Aves., COVINC^TON, KY. 




THE CONSLTMEE^S ICE MFG. & COLD STOUACE (X). 
Daily Capacity 125 Tons 




ONE OF COVINGTON'S MODERN PUBLICiJ^CHOOLS 




TKe FiscKer BrotKers Co. 

Hardware-, Farm I m p I c inc ii t s 

£,lec1rical Contractors STOVES Electrical Supplies 

COVINGTON .^ NEWPORT ^* LATONIA 




THE COLONIAL THEATRE 

MADISON AVENUE, BETWEEN FO'jRTH AND FIFTH 




KENTON COUNTY INFIRMARY 



THE SCMROETXER REALTY CO 



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The Schroetter Realty Co. 



Recently incorporated by H. A. Schroetter 
one of the leading Real Estate and Insur- 
ance firms, located at «^ aJ* -J* «^ «^ 



No. 432 Madison Avenue, in Odd Fellows' Temple 



Covington Facts 
in Tabloid 3-s S>-s 



Population 55,000, mostly Americans. (Germans and Irish. 



Territorial area 4.81 miles. 



Covington showed a greater percentage in po[Julation from 
1900 to 1910 than any other Kentucky city. 60 to 65 
per cent of the workmen own their homes. There are 
no slums in Covington — no places where people are 
crowded for air. 



Covington is the second largest city of Kentucky — "just 
across the bridge from Cincinnati;" it is within a short 
distance of both the center of population and the cen- 
ter of manufacturing; a circle with a radius of 700 miles 
embraces 70 per cent of the population of the United 
States. 



Covington has three railroads, reaching north, east, south 
and west ; also trap car service with roads having Cin- 
cinnati terminals. 



Covington has 50 miles of macadam, 13 miles of brick and 
3V2 miles of asphalt streets ; 54 miles of sewer ; owns 
and operates its own water works and garbage crema- 
tory; has 39 public, parochial and private schools, kin- 
dergartens and business colleges. 



Covington has over 550 acres of public parks and play- 
grounds; 50 churches representing all denominations ; 
307 societies, associations and unions ; 30 miles of street 
car lines ; eleven banks and trust companies with com- 
bined paid-up capital of $1,645,000 ; combined surplus 
and undivided profits, $532,700; combined deposits, 
$6,749,000. 




Post Office and Custom House, 
Covington, Ky. 



Enjoys the unique distinction of being the only Post Ofifice and Federal 
Building in the United States built within the appropriation. 



LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 



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CITY BUILDING, 



Semple & Schram, Printers, 



515-517 Scott St., Covington 



